Fordtran Cemetery
E-2 on county map. Located on Fordtran town site plat.Survey
on part of Fordtran Oil Company section. Guadalupe Valley Railroad dump west
of cemetery. Two hundred twelve feet by one hundred feet - well kept. Eighteen
and three tenths miles north of Rio Grande Boulevard. Nine tenths of a mile
west of Highway 77 north - on south side of Fordtran Road. Abandoned road dump
of Guadalupe Valley Railway is twenty-five feet west of cemetery. Spots X, Y
and Z are graves of three unmarked and unknown Mexicans. Has double gate - also
has single gate. Row five is in line with west end of gate. Row six is in line
with East end of gate. Good turf of carpet grass - kept mowed. Railroad started
1897 - revived in 1906 - one mile of track built north from Victoria. acre given
by for cemetery purpose. Oldest grave: Buchanan, Esgar - infant son of Mr. And
Mrs. R. T. and M. G. Buchanan - died 12-7-1898 (Row 9 Space 4).

Fordtran Cemetery
E-2 on county map. Located on Fordtran town site plat.Survey
on part of Fordtran Oil Company section. Guadalupe Valley Railroad dump west
of cemetery. Two hundred twelve feet by one hundred feet - well kept. Eighteen
and three tenths miles north of Rio Grande Boulevard. Nine tenths of a mile
west of Highway 77 north - on south side of Fordtran Road. Abandoned road dump
of Guadalupe Valley Railway is twenty-five feet west of cemetery. Spots X, Y
and Z are graves of three unmarked and unknown Mexicans. Has double gate - also
has single gate. Row five is in line with west end of gate. Row six is in line
with East end of gate. Good turf of carpet grass - kept mowed. Railroad started
1897 - revived in 1906 - one mile of track built north from Victoria. acre given
by for cemetery purpose. Oldest grave: Buchanan, Esgar - infant son of Mr. And
Mrs. R. T. and M. G. Buchanan - died 12-7-1898 (Row 9 Space 4).

Burials in Fordtran Cemetery but not listed by Row or Space
Born Died
Barnett, Elmer C. 11-19-1885, 9-29-1972
Daniels, Joseph L. (Lack) 1902, 12-15-1973
Burials in Fordtran Cemetery not on cards or not complete
Born Died
Haynes, Samuel H. age 87 2-25-1882, 11-23-1969
In card file with Martha Lorane Haynes Row 12 Space 10.